Clintwood, VA 24228 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Clintwood, VA, ZIP 24228
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/29, roughly 244 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/16, about 169 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Clintwood in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Clintwood has about 7 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/15 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/15 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Clintwood compares
At roughly 169 frost-free days, Clintwood places 29,492 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within VA, it ranks 1,150 of 1,178.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Clintwood's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Clintwood can differ from the 24228 normal.